State Street Corporation

T26-9087; Full stack and Platform Engineering Lead, VP

State Street Corporation$110K — $207K *
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years in software and platform engineering with a focus on distributed systems
  • Proven experience with cloud-native data platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • Expertise in high-availability, fault-tolerant architectural design
  • Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation) and CI/CD methodologies
  • Strong understanding of real-time data processing, CDC, and large-scale migration techniques
  • Experience in regulated environments, ensuring compliance and data protection
  • Proven ability to lead and scale global engineering teams effectively

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of cloud-native data platforms as scalable products
  • Drive enterprise adoption of public cloud databases through standards and self-service capabilities
  • Architect and deliver resilient, distributed systems focused on availability and performance
  • Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, and Security for high standards in governance and auditability
  • Execute large-scale cloud transformation initiatives with zero-downtime migrations
  • Build and scale high-performing teams to achieve cost efficiencies and operational enhancements

Benefits

  • 401K retirement savings plan with company match
  • Comprehensive insurance coverage (life, medical, dental, vision)
  • Paid time off for vacation, sick leave, and family care
  • Access to Employee Assistance Program
  • Eligibility for annual performance-based incentive compensation
Full Job Description
Role Summary

As a senior technical leader within the IS Sales Enablement you will architect, design, and lead the development of high-scale, low-latency distributed systems in a cloud native environment. This role operates at a staff/principal level, influencing architecture and engineering practices across multiple teams and domains.

You will partner closely with product, data, risk, and business stakeholders to deliver financial grade systems that meet stringent requirements for accuracy, availability, security, and regulatory compliance.

Core Responsibilities
  • Leads end-to-end delivery of cloud-native data platforms as products, enabling scalable, reusable services across enterprise business lines.
  • Drives enterprise adoption of public cloud databases through standardized patterns, self-service capabilities, and developer-centric platform design.
  • Architects and delivers highly resilient, distributed systems meeting strict availability, performance, and regulatory requirements.
  • Partners closely with Risk, Compliance, and Security to ensure platforms meet the highest standards for auditability, data protection, and governance.
  • Executes large-scale cloud transformation initiatives, including zero-downtime migrations of mission-critical workloads.
  • Builds and scales high-performing teams while delivering material cost efficiencies and operational improvements through platform standardization and automation.

Required Experience
  • 12+ years of experience in software engineering and platform engineering, with a strong track record of building and scaling distributed systems in enterprise environments.
  • Proven experience designing and operating cloud-native data platforms on AWS/GCP/Azure, including managed database services (e.g., Aurora, DynamoDB, MongoDB Atlas).
  • Demonstrated expertise in high-availability, fault-tolerant architecture, including multi-region/availability zone deployments, resiliency testing, and SLO-driven engineering.
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation), CI/CD pipelines, and automation of platform provisioning and deployment.
  • Strong understanding of data platform patterns, including real-time data processing, change data capture (CDC), and large-scale data migration strategies.
  • Experience working in highly regulated environments, partnering with Risk, Compliance, and Security to meet audit, governance, and data protection requirements.
  • Proven ability to lead and scale global engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, and driving engineering excellence.
  • Track record of delivering large-scale transformation initiatives with measurable impact on cost optimization (FinOps), performance, and time-to-market.


Domain Expertise - Wealth & Financial Services
  • Strong understanding of wealth management, brokerage, or financial services platforms
  • Familiarity with core financial concepts, including:
  • Portfolio management and rebalancing
  • Trading systems and order lifecycle management
  • Market data ingestion and processing
  • Account structures, tax optimization, or retirement products
  • Experience building systems requiring high precision (e.g., monetary calculations), full auditability, and regulatory compliance
  • Working knowledge of financial regulations or standards (e.g., SEC, FINRA, GDPR) is a strong plus


Technical Skills
  • Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices based architectures
  • Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes)
  • Proficiency with data storage technologies, including PostgreSQL, distributed data stores, and caching layers
  • Handson experience with event driven architectures, messaging systems (e.g., Kafka), and API design
  • Strong understanding of system design tradeoffs, including consistency, latency, scalability, and resiliency


Education
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field
  • Equivalent practical experience will be considered


Salary Range:
$110,000 - $207,500 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street's comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

For a full overview, visit https://hrportal.ehr.com/statestreet/Home.

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39,335 employees
Market Cap
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Net Income
$2.4 billion
Founded
1792
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